Venexia Walker
Senior Lecturer In Epidemiology at University of Bristol
Bristol, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolVenexia Walker is a senior lecturer and epidemiologist with nine years' experience applying causal inference methods to electronic health record data and Mendelian randomization, with a particular focus on drug effects. Based at the University of Bristol and an adjunct at the University of Pennsylvania, she has led population-level COVID-19 research in secure national data environments and collaborated on MR studies within the Million Veteran Program. Her work bridges epidemiology, medical statistics and health data science, translating complex genetic instruments into evidence relevant for pharmacology and policy. A mathematician by training (MMath, First Class) who completed a Population Health PhD, she has also spent time in industry research at GSK linking MR to randomized trial estimates—an uncommon blend of academic rigour and practical drug-development insight.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Mathematics (USA) MMath, Mathematics, First Class Honours, Mathematics (USA) MMath, Mathematics, First Class Honours at University of LeicesterPopulation Health PhD, Population Health, Population Health PhD, Population Health at University of Bristol
English
Github Skills (24)
infection9
stata7
delta7
wolfram-language6
zoneminder6
calculator6
crossword6
explore5
health5
diabetes4
mental-health4
machine-learning4
job-runner3
runner2
dummy-data2
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
opensafely-actions/cox-ipw
May 2022 - Dec 2022
cox-ipw
Contributions:12 reviews, 79 commits, 43 PRs in 7 months
opensafely
venexia/T2DMediationMR
Mar 2020 - Aug 2021
Contributions:6 commits, 1 push in 1 year 5 months
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